See Also: goad(1)(dictionary)
goad(2)(dictionary)
goad 1, verb(dictionary)
goad 2, noun(dictionary)

goad(1) (iou)



goad noun.
[Old English gad = Lombard gaida arrowhead, from Germanic.]
A pointed stick for driving cattle. OE.
b. fig. Anything which torments, excites, or stimulates. M16.
E. P. Thompson Poverty was an essential goad to industry.
A linear measure, orig. the length of a goad. Also, a square measure of varying quantity. Long obsolete exc. dial. LME.
Comb.: goadman, goadsman a cattle-driver.